City College 1908 Commencement Honors Amid Tragedy
City College held its 1908 commencement in New York with 106 graduates as President Finley was absent due to ex President Cleveland's death. Trustees, faculty, and relatives filled the Great Hall while prizes and medals were awarded to top students, and a message from Finley read aboard the train en route to Princeton urging graduates to uphold courage, duty, and honesty.
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Finley
Gov. Hughes
Richard Watson Gilder
City College
Cleveland
St. Nicholas Terrace
Samuel A. Baldwin
Henry Mottet
Theodore F. Miller
E. M. Shepard
New York
Lee Korns
Trustees
Princeton
Cen
Werner
Siegfried F. Hartman
Israel Mirsky
Cromwell
Benjamin Glassberg
Samuel Koplik
Ward
Elisha Friedman
J. S. Sickels
J. G. Cohen
A. P. Dickson
Samuel Rakowitz
Charles W. Siedler
S. F. Hartman
A. P. Merry
Man
Mayer Wiener
N. M. Frank
G. M. Green
Israel Katz
Max James
Samson Mushel
Hyman Bresseau
Jacob Piller
Drummond History
Murray Feinberg
Irving Gordon
Praeger Memorial
Ketchum
Frederick N.estphal
Ralph Weinberg
Maxwell F. Littwin
Serena Mason Carnes
Drummond
L. B. Applebaum
James Gordon Bennett
Immigrant Baron de Hirsch School Graduates 52 Children
Fifty two pupils from the Baron de Hirsch Preparatory School for Immigrant Children graduated at the Educational Alliance on East Broadway. Isidor Zukin led with a perfect English salutatory and top score, while David Naboschek was valedictorian near perfect marks. Isidor Straus, Miss Rebecca Hays, Dr. David Blaustein, and Dr. Henry spoke on education, citizenship, and the need for English, urging pride in American ideals as pupils pledged their lives to the Stars and Stripes.
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Baron de Hirsch Preparatory School
Educational Alliance
East Broadway
Feta Straus
Rebecca Hays
School of Philanthropy
Mr. Straus
Baron de Hirsch
Isidor Zukin
City College
David Naboschek
Mollie Rosenthal
Sabina Silverman
Fugleman
New York
David Blaustein
The
Russia
Congress
Pr. Blaustein
Henry
After a Seance in the Tepidarum or Electric Light Cabinet
A fragmentary line hints at a séance conducted within a Tepidarum or Electric Light Cabinet, suggesting a period piece with theatrical or occult overtones and an unnamed storyteller. The snippet implies a setting rather than a clear event or outcome.
Looks in Clothing Show Quality Through Tailoring
One suit may resemble another but a week of wear shows loosely made coats as if slept in. Our light weight garments use minimal lining for proper action, yet the true test is good tailoring which makes them superior to most others.
Coward Shoe Offers Natural Foot-Form Styles for All
Shoes for men women and children feature natural-footsl Lasts crafted from russet vici calf patent leather. Various styles and sizes suit seaside or mountain trips.
Urgent Jewish Charity Appeals for 15000 Monthly
Directors of the United Hebrew Charities called a special meeting yesterday and urged a four month, 15000 per month appeal for relief to the Jewish poor on the lower east side. Contributions have begun, including 1000 monthly for four months from Warner Van Norden. The signatories urge broad community aid and note inadequate current relief.
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United Hebrew Charities
Conferrees
Lower East Side
Warner van Norden
van Norden Trust Company
East Side
As- Epistanre
New York
P. A. Sigelstein
Roumanian Hebrew Association
Harry Fischel
Hebrew
Charles S. Bernheimer
University Settlement
Meyer Frankel I. Michael Brown
Janitors’ Association of New York
Henry Moskowitz
Downtown Ethical Society
Henry Fleischman
John L. Bernstein
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Plan to Remodel City School System Adopted by Board
The Board of Education moved toward a city wide school system overhaul aiming for smaller classes full time for all pupils a revised curriculum and more playgrounds with a focus on economical management and a decreased budget. It calls for more disciplinary and industrial schools in Manhattan the Bronx and Brooklyn and for vocational and shop work in several schools. Miss Julia Richman was exonerated from blame in connection with east side work.
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Board of Education
Jonas
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Board of Superintendents
Abraham Stern
Frederic R. Coudert
Special Committee On
Industrial Schools
Pbs
Orchard Street
Julia Richman
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City College Boys
Gilder
Palmer
Synod
S. Alderblum
Samuel Berg
W. E. Bleecker
A. V. Blum
Isidor
Hyman Brosseau
H. H. Brown
N. E. Buskin
Lester Cannold
Joseph Cohen
C. A. Daly
Joseph Dannenberg
M. J. Epstein
M. M. Geduidis
F. P. Germann, Jr
Charles Glasser
Abraham Goldberg
Samuel Greenfield
Bachelors OF Science
Harold Delano
Harry Kornfeld
E. M. Friedman
Alexander Pollachek
S. B. Ackerman
David Axelrod
Edward Bleier
A. H. Bransky
W. H. Breuer
W. ¥. Brown
Adolph Cohen
Harry Cohen
J. B. Cohen
Morris Cohen
W. J. V. Donvan
Daniel Feder
N. R
Nathaniel Salwen
Harry Schneiderman
G. H. Schoettle
J. R. Scoppa
Max Sippel
Richard Taranteus
P. L. Tea
Abraham Unger
F. N. Westphal
T. B. Wood
Henry M. Liepziger
Colorado Rockies
K. E. Palmer
Broadway
Kansk
Siberia
Vladivostok
Moscow
Irkutsk
Zust
Abso
Hving
Harbin
Jenissei
Steppes
Ural Mountains
Obi
Omsk
Thomas
Ziataoust
Seransbaikalia
Sip Ag
Immigrant School
Stars and Stripes
Straus
Roof Garden
Bryant Park
N. E. Cor
6Th Ave
Browning King
32Nd Street
Cooper Square
5Th Street
Fulton Steet
James S. Coward
Greenwich St
Warren Street
United States
Glasgow
Proprietors
Mackie & Co, Distillers, Ltd
London
French, Shriner & Urner
Philadelphia
Ummer
the Times
NEW York Times
Adv
Fleischman and
Amer
Bobbles- Merrill Company
Harold MeecGrath
Man On the Box
Karl Anderson
Harrison
Fisher
Henry E. SL S
Chicago
California
Ras Teile
North-Western
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Overland Limited
R. M. Johnson
Colorado
Rotary
W. J. O’meara
Eastern Pass
New Br
Egeqe
the Evening Post
Frompt Delivery
the Nation Press
Evening Post- Building
Tel
Cortlandt
Vesey Street
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